Anxiety decisions — 2013

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and providing appropriate notice in response to the claim for service connection for psychiatric disability other than PTSD.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and readjudication due to inadequacy of a previous VA examination.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to inadequate examination and other issues.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining private treatment records and a VA examination.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's recurrent major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder are related to her in-service sexual trauma, resolving reasonable doubt in her favor.

The Veteran's hepatitis C was incurred during service, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition. The secondary service connection claims for chronic liver disease, hypothyroidism, anemia, and chronic fatigue with stress, depression, anxiety, and poor immune response are also granted.

The Board has ordered a remand to obtain additional medical records and conduct another VA examination to determine the nature and likely etiology of the Veteran's psychiatric disorders, including PTSD. The case will be reviewed again after these actions are completed.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD with depression and anxiety, is attributable to service.

The Veteran's representative requested a videoconference hearing in Johnson City, Tennessee due to the distance from Nashville. The Board has been made aware of available Videoconference hearings at the VA medical facility there and this case is REMANDED for scheduling such a hearing.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the Veteran's right great toe claim, but the preponderance of the evidence is against finding any residuals from a right great toe fracture or related disability. The acquired psychiatric disorder claims are also denied as there is no evidence linking these conditions to service.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional VA examinations to determine his ability to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities, without considering nonservice-related factors such as age. The claim will be readjudicated after the examination reports are received.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to an incomplete VA examination report and other issues.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including a new examination to determine the current nature and severity of his anxiety disorder and an examination to determine whether he is unemployable due to service-connected disabilities. The claims will be readjudicated after these actions.

The Board found that the Veteran's personality disorder is a congenital defect and not subject to superimposed disease or injury in service. The preponderance of evidence does not support finding any psychiatric disorders, including dysthymic disorder, anxiety disorder, depressive disorder, and psychotic disorder, are related to service.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for further development and consideration of his claim for TDIU due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board has ordered additional development to obtain VA and Vet Center records, including those from the Veteran's period of service. The case will be remanded for further review after these records are obtained.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a new VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected anxiety neurosis with PTSD and consideration of whether he meets the schedular criteria for entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain additional VA medical records and to schedule a psychiatric examination to determine the nature of his current psychiatric disorders, including PTSD, and whether they are related to service.

The Veteran's psychiatric disability, including PTSD and anxiety disorder, is found to be related to his combat experiences in Vietnam. Service connection for these conditions is granted.

The Veteran seeks service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety. The appeal is remanded to obtain additional details regarding J.T.'s alleged suicide and to verify the Veteran's location at the time of the incident.